My Love is gone to Sea

X: 201
T: My Love is gone to Sea
T: Cha mo leannan nun' thar sal
R: jig
N: This is version 1, for ABC software that doesn't understand dim/crescendo symbols.
B: Simon Fraser's "Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles" 1816 p.93 #3
Z: 2022 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: "Moderate but Expressive."
K: C	% ending on Am
% = = = = = = = = = =
V: 1 staves=2
|:\
c2G E<Gz | {A}G2E {E}D3 | E<Gz !p!A<cz | B2G E3 ||\
"_cres"c2d {cd}e2A | {A}G2E D3 | !p!E<Gz A<cz | "_> . . ."TB2^G [A3E3C3] :|\
!p!{E}c2c {Bc}d2c | TB2A "_<"d2e | "_< . . ."c2d e2e | "_< . . ."f2d e2e ||
"_cres"c2c {Bc}d2c | TB2A e2g | "_Exp"e2G E<Ez | "_< . . ."c2d {cd}He3 |[|\
!p!c2G E<Az | G2E D3 | "<"E<Gz "<"A<cz | B2G E3 ||\
"_cres"c2d {cd}e2A | {A}G2E D3 | !p!E<Gz A<cz | B2^G "_< . . ."[A3E3C3] |]
% = = = = = = = = = =
% Voice 2 preserves the staff layout in the book.
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
c2c' c2z | c2c' g3 | c2z f2z | G2B c3 ||\
e2g c'2f | e2c g3 | !p!c2z f2z | e2E A3 :|\
!p!c'3 f2^f | g2z b2z | c'2b c'2c' | d'2b c'2c' ||
e'2c' b2a | g2f e3 | c3 C2z | e2g Hc'3 |[|\
!p!c2c' c2z | c2c' g3 | c2z f2z | G2B c3 ||\
e2b c'2f | e2c g3 | !p!c2z f2z | e2E A3 |]
% = = = = = = = = = =

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI-abc1/0082
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc1/0084
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Fraser/AMHSI_abc2/0121

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